T-Mobile adds a year of free Hulu for those who switched from AT&T

Last month, in an effort to attract those AT&T customers dissatisfied with the carrier, T-Mobile offered them a free year of streaming video content app DirecTV Now if they would switch to T-Mobile from AT&T. Of course, there was some irony attached to this offer since it was AT&T, not T-Mobile, that purchased DirecTV earlier in 2016. The n ation's second largest carrier tried to use its expensive acquisition of the satellite television content provider to bundle deals that included DirecTV content with AT&T's wireless service. And while DirecTV Now is zero-rated, it still carries subscription fees that T-Mobile will pay for 12 months (valued at $70) in the form of monthly bill credits to those who left AT&T for the Un-carrier.

Never missing an opportunity to give a rival some grief, T-Mobile today quoted terrible reviews for DirecTV Now as the reason why it will now add one free year of Hulu for those who switched from AT&T to T-Mobile and received a free year of DirecTV Now. As T-Mobile stated in its press release this morning, "So, to make things right for those new T-Mobile customers, the Un-carrier is giving everyone who participated in this deal a free year of Hulu – an awesome streaming service that actually works – on top of their free year of DIRECTV NOW." Additionally, T-Mobile CEO J ohn Legere called the zero-rated streamer "barely watchable."

Former AT&T customers who switched over to T-Mobile and signed up for a free year of DirecTV Now will receive a notification from T-Mobile in the coming weeks. This will include a unique code good for 1-year of Hulu's Limited Commercials service for free.

source: T-Mobile